Amid the continued wrestlers’ protests, the Indian Olympic Affiliation (IOA) on Friday fashioned a seven-member committee to probe the allegations of sexual harassment in opposition to WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, reported information company ANI. The members of the committee embody -Mary Kom, Dola Banerjee, Alaknanda Ashok, Yogeshwar Dutt, Sahdev Yadav, and two advocates.
A number of ace Indian wrestlers together with world championship medallist Vinesh Phogat, Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik have been taking part in a sit-in protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar in Delhi which started on Wednesday – after accusing the WFI chief of sexual exploitation and intimidation.
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In a letter to the president of the Indian Olympic Affiliation (IOA) PT Usha, the wrestlers talked about that Phogat was “mentally harassed and tortured” by Singh after she missed out on an Olympic medal in Tokyo which led her to virtually ponder suicide. Additionally they requested the IOA president to nominate a committee to investigate into the matter.
In the meantime, the accused WFI president has refuted the allegations and known as them a “political conspiracy”.
“There isn’t any reality in any of the allegations. Why ought to I stop? Even when one lady wrestler comes and proves the sexual harassment cost, I’m able to be hanged. There’s an industrialist behind it (conspiracy),” the 66-year-old WFI President had mentioned.
On Thursday evening, sports activities minister Anurag Thakur met with the protesting wrestlers. Nonetheless, the assembly remained inconclusive because the wrestlers refused to again down from their demand to right away disband the WFI.
(With inputs from ANI)